Cap.



C. L'MINKOFF & L. KRONTHAL.

CAP.

APPLIGATION FILED rms. 24, 1912.

1,040,727. Patented' ont. s, 1912.

2%! MS f/ I ,ahem/frs that one size of t-he cap CHARLES I. MINKOFF ANI)LOUIS KRONTHAL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

Application filed February 24, 1912. Serial No. 679,788.

To all whom it mag/ concerm Be it known that we, CHARLES l. MINK- orrandcLo'Urs KnoNrr-IAL, citizens of the United States, and residents ofthe city of New York, borough of Manhattan,- 1n the county and State ofNew York, have .1nvented a new and Improved Cap, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates generally to caps and more particularly toadjust-able caps, such as disclosed in the United States Letters PatentNo. 1,014,505, issued to us on January 9, 1912.

The principal object of our invention 1s to provide a new and improvedcap, the construct-ion and arrangement being such may be worn by personsrequiring caps of different sizes..

.A further object of our invention 1s to provide a cap, the constructionand arrangement thereof being such that the cap will be securely held inposition on the head.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear as thedescription thereof proceeds, the new and useful features being setforth in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part ofthis specification in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure l is aperspective view of the cap embodying our invention; Fig. 2 is a bottomplan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a partial plan view showing a modifiedconstruction.

While the cap shownl in the drawings embodies what is popularly known asa golf cap, it, is, of course, obvious that the construction hereindescribed and claimed may be applied to caps bearing different names,all of which, however, are designed to be worn as a head covering.

The body 1 of the cap may be made of any desired size and material andis so constructed of a number ot' parts that the ends of these partsform a substantially circular opening, a portion of the cap adjacentthis opening being providedl with a band 2; itv is to be particularlynoted that this band does not extend throughout the periphery of thisopening but that the ends 2a, 2b, of the band terminate remote from eachother, as shown particularly in 2.

'lhe ends 2, 2, of the cap band are con- "open portion of the cap tonected together through the medium ot' a resilient band 3, the ends ofwhich are suitably secured to the c nds 2, 2", in any suitable manner,preferably by being stitched thereto.

Extending around the outside of the band 2 and the resilient element 3is an auxiliary element- 4 which may be termed an overlapping hand, theends 4a, ll, ot' this element terminating remote from each other, theends, however, being connected together with a resilient element 5secured to the ends 4a, 1lb, in any suitable manner, preferably by beingfastened thereto by means ot' suitable buttons 6 or equivalentconstruction. The intermediate portion of this overlapping band L issecured to the intermediate portion of the resilient element 3 in anysuitable manner, preferably by means of stitching 7 the second orauxiliary, or overlapping band is held in position on the cap in anysuitable manner, preferably by means of straps or bands S which aresewed in position.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be noted that theparticular form of cap herein described is provided with a v-izor 9, thevizor being secured to the first band 2 which is carried by the cap, theresilient element 5 being preferably 'adjacent the vizor, while theother resilient element 3 is preferably diametrically opposite at therear of the Ycap. A

The cap, as described, may be worn by persons requiring caps ofdifferent sizes inasmuch as the elements 3 and 5, being resilient intheir nature, enable the periphery of the be securely positionedA onheads of different sizes. By this construction we -are enabled toprovide a cap of a single size which will displace caps of sizes smallerand larger than such cap, the result being that the stock necessarilycarried by a dealer need not be made up of so many different sizes. Itis also clear that a cap of this construction, by reason of itsexpansible feature, may be securely fit-ted on the head and isparticularly adapted for outdoor use in windy weather, the cap not beingeasily displaced from the head. i

Referring particularly to F ig. 3, a modification is set forth, varyingin a certain detail from that previously described. In this modifiedform of construction, the resilient second or overthe adjacentporelement 3 is unsecured to the lapping band 4 of the cap,

tions of friese eiements being; heid in piace by means of e bend oistrep 8U- Wiiieii dieis in no meieiiei 'espeet from the band or stiaps 8pieviousiy described. Thus., when using the csp embodying thismodification,

it is positioned on jdie hea d in die seme mail# nei as the form iistdescribed and, es fue as its operation is eoneemed, diiers in nosubstantial respect therefrom.

Having hus desefiioed our invention, We eiaim as new, and desiie tosecure by Letteis ?a'ent:-

cap eon'ipiisiop a body having ain opening therein, whereby 'the @up maybe p0- sitioied on the hee-d, the Cap being` provided with e bendsecured liieieio adjaieeit the said opening, the ends of the band beingiemote from each other, the said ends being; Connected together by meansof a, i'esiiient element suitably secured te the said ends, to geiierWi'ii n, second oi* oveiiapping bund extending around the seid iesiiienceiemeiit and poitions of the iiis; bend, the said re siiieii eiemeii'tbeing seeuiod io this second reeiiieii elemen conm .Y o -e second bend.compi' body having on erem whereby the oep may be po- Y heed the empbeing provided Wiiiii e band f and meuf eoiiiiee-ing *fixe ends of thesecond band together with stireps carried by the CapV foriiieiiitaiiiing iiio second band. in position.

in iesi'imooy whereof 'We have signed our names to this s}.eei['ice.tion in the presence of ivo subsci'iiiin Wiinesses,

ii messes 2 'any efdessmg *che Commissioner of Patents,

